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Writing our Editor’s note is always one of the last things we do each issue before it goes to print. It is around this time that we have all our articles submitted, shoots edited and pages formatted. There are many late nights, long days and frantic last minute emails to send. It is equally the most hectic and most fun period of production. Seeing what was some ideas on a whiteboard six months ago become an issue is the most exciting feeling in the world! This Summer edition is definitely one of our favourites to date.

Make-up and beauty come to the fore in the form of a gorgeous beauty shoot on page 27 and in Roisin Kiberd’s article on beauty names on page 33.

We Heart Your Style is back featuring two very stylish ladies and Zara Hedderman takes you on a tour of some of the finest homeware places in Ireland on page 45.

We hope you enjoy this issue & see you for number seven!

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Make Up Names What’s in a name? Roisin Kiberd is talking makeup brand names on page 34.

Tropical Beautiful editorial by Dublin based photographer Azzy O Connor.

Check out the fashion film on our website. www.lovetabii.com

Hazy Shades Of Summer Beautiful Summer inspired editorial featuring gorgeous vintage pieces from Find located in Dublin’s Temple Bar.

Sarah Bowie Illustration Emily Maree chats to illustrator Sarah Bowie about her work, her influences and what the future has in store for her.

Homeware Heaven Zara Hedderman meets with Dublin’s finest homeware suppliers who will all make you want to redecorate your space.

We Heart Your Style Take a peek into the wardrobes of Vlogger Roisin and Dublin’s American Apparel Store Manager Jessica.

Elysian Gorgeous editorial by photographer Emily Charlotte Greene featuring clothes from the Dublin Vintage Factory.

Contributors

Truth in a Masquerade Stunning shots from photographer Tina Picard in our beauty editorial.

Editors: Una O’Boyle, Louise Ryan.

Graphic Design: Kyle O Murchu Title Type Face: Cara Clara Murtagh Sales and Marketing: Aoife Synnott

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Skirt & Top / Jocelyn Murray Boyne Necklace / River Island

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Shirt / American Apparel Necklace / River Island Top / 9 Crow Street

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Jacket / 9 Crow St Swimsuit / American Apparel Bag / Parfois

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Jacket / River Island Skirt / American Apparel Top & Necklace / Topshop

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Words Emily Maree

When and how did you start illustrating?

I spent the last 7 months working in the heart of the Liberties and every lunch break I would wander through the side streets drinking it all in.

As a child, all I did was draw and write stories.

However at the end of first year in secondary school, we had to choose between Art and Science. It was an incredibly tough decision, but in the end the ‘sensible’ side of me won out and I chose Science. After that I didn’t draw again until I was in my early 20’s. I had done a business degree and was working in the financial services sector. Somehow it all felt very wrong, like the real me had gotten lost somewhere along the way. Like peeling back the layers of an onion, I slowly rediscovered my passion for art. I started going to Life Drawing classes in the evening and at one point I even did a distance-learning course in illustration. It’s taken ages, but I finally feel I’ve gotten back to doing what comes most naturally to me.

How does illustrating fit into your life?

I have very recently started freelancing full-time.

Before that I was working as a web developer in the Digital Hub and had cut back my hours to make more time for illustration work, so it’s been a gradual transition over the last few months.

Do you feel that your website sarahbowie.com gets you a lot more popularity than just social media?

I set-up my website earlier this year. While I think it’s professional to have a website and is a vital way to showcase your work to potential clients, I don’t think it cuts out the need for a social media presence.

They both fulfil very different roles. Social media such as Tumblr, Facebook and Wordpress allow me to share my comics and funny little things I’m playing around with and to get instant feedback. While I don’t particularly like social media in my personal life, I think it’s a fantastic way for illustrators and indeed any creative professions, to get their work out there and engage with other people.

What inspires the illustrations that you do?

Life, really - things that happen in my own life as well as snippets of overheard conversations or characters I see on the street. I find it hard to separate images and words. I think that’s why I’m moving more and more into comics (I started my weekly web comic ‘Maud and Mouse’ in April) and why I’ve always been so drawn to picture books. I love stories and characters.

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What kind of commissions do you do?

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What are your plans for the future for your illustrations?

In the past I did a lot of personal commissions, like christening prints, wedding invitations etc. While they were fun to do, they were also very time-consuming.

Now I focus on creating my own ranges of prints and greeting cards, which I sell through a number of outlets. I’ve also worked with the children’s author Gordon Green and illustrated his picture book ‘The Drip’, which was published in 2012. We’re currently collaborating on a new picture book project, which I’m very excited about. Since going more full-time with the illustration, I’ve had the chance to seek more industrybased commissions in the areas of publishing and creative agencies. I have a couple of exciting upcoming projects, which I’ll be able to talk more about in a few weeks.

I suspect I’ll keep moving deeper into storytelling, both through picture books and comics. I’m really excited by what publishers like Nobrow are doing in that area and also by what’s happening in Europe. For instance, countries like Norway and Sweden where adult themes (such as depression, abuse etc.) are handled in picture book format. I’m also very excited by digital interactive books and comics and the potential of that rapidly evolving platform. It’s a bit like being there at the invention of the Gutenberg press! So my plans are to keep drawing, exploring and evolving. T

Where are your illustrations sold and exhibited?

My work is currently for sale through Jam Art Factory, Cows Lane Design Studio and The Winding Stair as well as some t-shirt designs I did for Skinny Bear. Most recently, I exhibited in Filmbase with the Blind Elephant Illustration Collective just before Christmas.

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Photo by Faye Bollard

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Vintage Fashion for Ladies and Men

including furs, dresses, jewellery, hats, headpieces, bags, gloves, compacts, cufflinks, tie pins and clips, cravats, ties and braces

Vintage for the Home

including linens, glass, china and silverware La Touche Place, Greystones, Co. Wicklow T: 01 255 7407 | M: 087 791 7507 E: vintagelatouche@gmail.com | W: www.vintagelatouche.com | Vintage La Touche Opening hours: Tues - Sat 11am - 6pm, Sun 2pm - 6pm -14-

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Roisin Linnie - Vlogger

1. Who or what influences your style?

Lots of people influence my style, it’s hard to pick one!

I take most of my inspiration from other bloggers and YouTubers. I follow girls who have a similar taste as me and I am always interested in what they’re wearing. I also find a lot of inspiration from street style. I rarely follow anything designers are doing, I have no idea what’s on the catwalks and have no interest in that.

Detail leather backpack and wool black jacket

2.Can you describe your style?

Oh gawd! I actually don’t think I can! You might have noticed from the photoshoot but all three of my outfits are very different and my style changes dramatically from day to day. At the moment I am obsessed with my Birkenstocks but next week it could be a pair of nikes or a pair of Dr. Martens shoes. I definitely like to wear one thing that is unusual or contrasting in some way, so if i’m wearing a dress I will wear a pair of manly shoes or a biker jacket, or if I am wearing something from the high street I like to wear something from a charity shop with it. I definitely think I am quite a tomboy when it comes to clothes, I think I prefer boys clothes most of the time!

3. Do you have any style icons?

There’s no real celebrity or designer that I would follow religiously or anything, but I definitely have bloggers whose style I am obsessed with. I love Sunbeamsjess, the Persian Babe, Beauty Crush and TarMar to name a few! They all have amazing style and I always check out what they’re wearing if I want some inspiration.

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“CLOTHES! I hate spending money on accessories, I mainly buy jewelry when it’s on sale. “

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4.Where is your favourite place to shop?

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8. What’s the one thing about the fashion industry that you could change?

I don’t have one particular place but my go-to shops would be Zara, COS and Topshop. (boring I know!) I love charity shopping and I always find it’s the charity shops in small towns that have amazing pieces. There are a few in Bray that I go to all the time. I love mixing a high street outfit with vintage and second-hand items.

I can’t think of anything... well of course I would change the fact that clothing is so bloody expensive! Lets just make everything free! Brill.

9. What’s your favourite fashion memory?

I got my first pair of Jeffrey Campbell’s a few years ago, the Lita spikes. I have given mine away since and hate them now but I remember being absolutely obsessed with them when I first got them. No one else had anything similar and they got so much attention. Although the spikes were so sharp that they did cause a few accidents. Like the time a friend of mine was walking behind me as I was going up stairs... her poor shins.

5. What is the one item in your wardrobe you can’t live without?

Definitely my Zara leather jacket and my Chanel necklace! Not a week goes by where I don’t wear them.

6. What is your number one fashion pet peeve?

I love the ‘mom jeans’ look but there can be so much camel toe going on sometimes and that’s just minging.

Say no to camel toe!

10. What fashion memory do you wish you could erase?

Velour tracksuits with Diesel across the bum. Flares with ‘Nope’ across the bum. But probably the worst was a top I had that said ‘We are the cheeky girls’ on the front and ‘touch my bum’ on the back. That’s a lot of bum related items. How did my parents let me go out in that I have no idea. T

7. Clothes or accessories?

CLOTHES! I hate spending money on accessories, I mainly buy jewelry when it’s on sale.

Vlogger on YouTube @Roisin Thora

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Jessica Tillion Store Manager @ American Apparel Dublin

1. Who or what influences your style?

I follow a lot of fashion blogs online and on Instagram, tumblr accounts too! So if I see something I like on there I’ll see what I already own that is similar and piece together an outfit. I wouldn’t say I really follow fashion trends persay, I just kind of put together what I feel like on the day so I guess my mood and what I’m doing that day! I always have a kind of idea in my head of what I want to wear each day but then most of the time I end up in a mad panic of not liking my outfit and ending up with clothes strewn ALL over the place!

2.Can you describe your style?

Simple- monochrome! When I’m not in work I wear a lot of black, grey and white, I’m trying to move to more colour though-slowly getting there!

I wouldn’t say I have a set style...well other people might say I do but I don’t think I do. As I said above I kind of just buy and wear what I feel like at the time.

3. Do you have any style icons?

Kate Moss, The Olsen twins, Olivia Palermo, Bridget Bardot-my new obsession!

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4.Where is your favourite place to shop?

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8. What’s the one thing about the fashion industry that you could change?

I can’t choose one! Topshop, AllSaints, Urban Outfitters, American Apparel, Vintage stores.

This could be the influence of working in American Apparel, but in my opinion all companies should be sweatshop free or ensure that their clothes are made in high quality places where workers are treated well and paid a fair wage. It may not be the cheapest option but it is definitely the most ethical and fair.

Also I fully supported the size zero model campaign, I think it’s terrible that these models feel pressured to be so so tiny.

5. What is the one item in your wardrobe you can’t live without?

My black Dr Denim high waisted jeans, they are the perfect fit, don’t lose their shape when you wear them & go with everything.

6. What is your number one fashion pet peeve?

9. What’s your favourite fashion memory?

This is going to sound mean, but when people wear clothes that are too small for them! Or when people dress too young for their age!

The runners that had lights that lit up when you walk... had them when I was about six but I loved them! (at the time).

7. Clothes or accessories?

10. What fashion memory do you wish you could erase?

Clothes, well actually I love accessorizing an outfit, but if I had to pick one it would have to be clothes. I have a problem, even if I know I can’t afford something I’ll still buy it.

Flared jeans!! And those kind of capri pants that had all of the strings attached to the side of them, I can safely say that I never actually owned a pair but I always hated them!! Also pedal pushers and those trouser skirts-I owned plenty of those! T

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“In my opinion all companies should be sweatshop free “

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Photographer / Creative director: Tina Picard MUA: Kimberly Tessier Hair stylist: Kirsty Macdonald Model: Gwen (Peggi Lepage)

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Words Roisin Kiberd

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“Pop My Bubble, a milky, agressively shiny pink gloss, the bad-ass sister of the Juicy Tube, or MAC’s Underage lip gloss”

Pout: Pop My Bubble

What’s in a name? And who names makeup, anyway? Is it as an afterthought, or does the name come before the product? I’ll often shop on the strength of names, all but ignoring the actual product.

Chanel’s “Dragon” red or OPI’s “I’m Not Really a Waitress” are charged with possibility, glamour, humour. The tiniest line on the base of a bottle captures the imagination of the wearer. Here are three of the most memorable...

Long ago in the early 2000s, in the golden age of Kylie and her micro shorts, I wrote a fan letter to a makeup brand. In gel pen cursive on pink correspondence paper, I asked Pout when they’d start selling their products in Ireland.

It wasn’t until 2006 that they appeared in Brown Thomas, but in the meantime Pout send back a hyper-girly catalogue full of products wrapped in lavender fishnet, each somewhat pornographically named. There’s the “Tie Me Down” colour palette, “No Knickers” lipstick and “Easy Ethel” lip polish… I am terrified and thrilled by the idea that something so private can be so sexually charged, that something as simple as lip balm can be worn with seductive intentions (“Indulge Me” mint balm, for “when lips aren’t getting enough”).

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apart. With a borrowed credit card and my parent’s creaky Gateway PC, I order “Pop My Bubble”, a milky, aggressively shiny pink gloss, from their website.

don’t have to worry, because in the second week it is discovered that another girl, Lauren, wears a foundation called “Gay Whisper”.

This is the bad-ass sister of the Juicy Tube, or MAC’s “Underage” lip gloss, which I smugly throw in my bag alongside a fake ID on weekend excursions to Q-Bar. I’m not quite sure what “Pop My Bubble” alludes to, still don’t, and I don’t dare say the name aloud when asked in the locker room at school.

What is “Gay Whisper”, and why do people still wear it? It’s a terracotta face powder, in the “Creme Puff ” Max Factor line. Lauren, its owner, comes from some far-flung rural spot (the spoken Junior Cert Irish obscures her accent) where MAC is not available, and the teasing this small but mortifying detail incurs is relentless. In its indigo round of plastic, the powder has an alarmingly reddish tinge, and smells like a woman named Ethel. Reading up on it now, I discover that the formula has not changed since 1953, nor have the kitschy colour names: “Light n Gay”, “Candle Glow”, “Blushing Beige” and “Sun Frolic”. Apparently it was what gave Ava Gardner her “glamorous skin” under the kleig lights.

Pout suddenly close their doors right around the time of my first trip to London, the victim of an economic bubble now popped. I visit their Covent Garden flagship in time for the clearance sale, and find more of those little pink fishnet boxes littered around Notting Hill market stalls. Now there’s a Space NK in the same spot, all minimal decor and labcoat chic. Even lip gloss has to grow up sometime, I suppose.

Lauren was an odd fish, something like the Crazy Eyes of Corr na Mona. She mumbled neurotic English in her sleep, ate all the biscuits, and in the mornings she’d brush her hair so viciously we could hear strands ripping out. But perhaps she was right about Creme Puff, which for all its loopy outdated oddness retains a fanatical following. Amazon reviews proclaim its magical blotting powers, living up to the 50s ads, all spangly text and perilously corseted waists, which promise “smooth and lasting loveliness with just the kiss of a puff ”.

Max Factor: Creme Puff, “Gay Whisper” The Gaeltacht offers a first brush with several brands of existential terror. I watch my language, pretend not to miss my parents, and enjoy a diet of powdered soup and peanut butter sandwiches. But what gets to me is the scrutiny, the intensely claustrophobic experience of living with seven other teenage girls.

I’m scared, because I don’t straighten my hair and I still wear a Marks and Spencer’s training bra. But I

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“The gothy colour would imply not caring what other people think, but the maintenance it requires says otherwise”

Illamasqua: “Disciple” Some lipsticks issue a challenge to the wearer: “Disciple” is one such challenge. Born in the seasonal collection “Art of Darkness”, this waxy, blackened blue shade is a bad attitude in a stick, the very antithesis of wearable. “Disciple” was designed as if to test the user’s devotion: chalky, dry and dangerously dense, it manages to drag on skin while presenting the contradictory risk of colour bleeding around your mouth. The gothy colour would imply not caring what other people think, but the maintenance it requires says otherwise. It takes a lot of effort to look this insouciant.

Skellington’s bride: pretty in a ghoulish, tubercular manner.

“Disciple” is half lipstick, half political cause. It sends you out looking for trouble. Even in Camden one no longer sees black (or blue) lipstick very often: the experience of wearing it is a deliciously strange experiment, one I’ve not yet dared to replicate in Dublin. T

“Disciple” arrived in my life at a time when I needed it most. Adrift in east London in my first office job, I felt like a sell-out next to the boys in skirts and greenhaired girls on my bus route. In this infinitely colourful pond, I was a small and colourless fish. The answer was to spend my weekends looking like I’d coloured my lips in with fountain pen.

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Model: Stella Tattan @ Morgan Mua: Nicole McEvoy @ Morgan Photographers: Sean Breithaupt and Yvette Monahan from Seanandyvette.com Stylists: Fiona Hanrahan from

findonline.ie and Aine Killeen from ainekilleen.com Clothes: findonline.ie

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Words Zara Hedderman

Ultimately, experimenting with interiors is an extension of expressing your personality and personal style, similar to how one exudes their mood through clothes except with vases and mugs as opposed to a pair of shoes that you may only wear once or twice a year! Jen Cleary of Moss Cottage suggests people are focused on buying things that will last, and that we have veered away from disposable shopping particularly for the home. This has become one of the most appealing aspects of buying pieces for the home, there is longevity to its shelf-life (pardon the pun) and this makes them a fun and sound investment, especially if you are buying a record player! When I spoke to the people who are helping Irish people make their house a home with their lovely homeware stores this was something that was definitely noted, people want items that will last and compliment previous acquisitions. This exemplifies the importance of good design which is found throughout the stock of shops like Article, April and the Bear, Find, Gild and Cage and Moss Cottage.

Remember the days when homeware and interior decorating in Ireland was defined by those striking white lady statues in every front window, pastel coloured floral rugs garnished with tassels (a serious catalyst of heartbreak with every hovering endeavour)and that strange 3D wallpaper in your grandparent’s house that was ceremoniously plucked off with each visit to make your mark‌literally! The days of the dreaded matching settee sets are dead and how we decorate our homes has drastically changed in recent years thanks to the increasing number of independent homeware shops that are flourishing on our fair isle. It seems as though Irish people have gotten serious about interior design and keeping up with the latest homeware trends almost takes precedence over fashion with the former creeping into style trends in some magical shape or form; carpet bags anyone?

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of ornaments, in my case a whimsical family of pigs.

Fortunately the farm animals remain in a field and we are spoilt for choice when it comes to finding decorative pieces to suit you and your home. Article, placed perfectly in the Powerscourt Shopping Centre is the mecca for finding incredibly well designed, practical (but very pretty) adornments for your home at justified and affordable prices that reflect the quality.

Since it opened in 2010 I have been converted to homewares and the thrill of finding a quaint candle holder, or a beautifully crafted and inviting tea-set surpasses that of when I buy a dress or a frivolous piece of jewellery because of the longevity factor, but also there will always be a story connected to my purchase. Maintaining a human connection is essential to John Adams of Article, it is not uncommon for someone to leave not only with a gorgeous Irish made blanket or sublime stationary set, but with an overall experience and fun that exudes from the shop’s atmosphere. This is a quality that was hard to come by in the last few difficult recessionary years as we momentarily lost our mojo.

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Polyvore helped to occupy our eyes during this time which for many spurred an interest in design. This was the perfect opportunity, coupled with the perfect environment for Irish people to really develop their taste and truly discover their aesthetic and what they actually like as opposed to what was thrust upon them stylistically. In this time we became a lot more discerning and careful with both our money and choices especially when it came to decorating our homes. Naomi Hanrahan, founder of Find, noticed that “quality, function and originality” were the key traits that people were looking for. These elements are abundant in Find, a shop that specialises in gorgeously unique vintage homeware pieces. Individuality is imperative with interior design especially as we were spending more time at home, and naturally we want our surroundings to be comfortable and familiar to our sensibilities. Gild and Cage is a perfect Aladdin’s cave for finding pieces that will make your houseguests create an image of you buying intoxicatingly vibrant vintage rugs off an elderly yogi whilst travelling in the Middle East, you know, the typical Eat Pray Love trip

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that everyone (especially the Irish) go on in their early twenties.

So while we spend our evenings in our fabulously furnished homes, online shopping is always an inevitability. April and the Bear has fast become the coolest virtual go-to destination for homewares as their amazing online shop launched earlier this year. One of my favourite things about April and the Bear-apart from the amazing glass bell jars- is that they are incredibly supportive towards Irish design which is an integral aspect of their ethos to support our talented artists.

Furthermore, other online ventures such as Instagram and Pinterest become an invaluable platform for online stores like April and the Bear as you can easily stumble upon their site and in one simple click become a customer. Furthermore these online sources allow for people to take the time to research styles that appeal to them and subsequently find amongst the immensely sweet stock in Moss Cottage, who also offer an online shopping experience. What is even better about doing some home improvements online with April and the Bear and Moss Cottage is that you can do it in your

“Naomi Hanrahan, founder of Find, noticed that “quality, function and originality” were the key traits that people were looking for.”

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pyjamas and not have to strain your arm with an overflowing basket full of lovely trinkets!

I realise that I have made it seem like Irish people were almost static to their couches for the last few years, well you can take the girl off the couch and in doing so she learns a lot about interiors. In the midst of our hectic schedules we managed to take the occasional weekend trip away to eclectic and creative places like Berlin and London which have proved to have been spectacular sources of inspiration when it comes to utilising the space around you. Travel has been one of the greatest influences in our changing attitudes and approaches to interior design. This foreign exposure seems to have inspired the people who have made their independent stores a destination for us during our shopping expeditions. Article’s John and Siobhan of April and the Bear collectively remarked on the importance of travel and how we shop now for homewares. Previously Ireland lacked in individual, specialized and simply unique pieces, fortunately this is steadily changing.

Now with shops like Article, Gild and Cage, Moss Cottage and Find within close proximity to each other in Dublin, as well as the readily accessible April and the Bear we can dust away the cobwebs and get our abodes ready for some serious T.L.C.! So, what’s left for a fabulously furnished home that has everything? A party full of all your friends to give them serious house envy, I mean inspiration! T

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Photographer / Emily Charlotte Greene Model / Niamh Kavanagh @ 1st Option MUA / Lisa Redmond Hair Stylist / Glen Cullen Stylist / Marina Sardonopoli Clothes / Dublin Vintage Factory

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